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What is the reason for big-endian requirement, you will have hard time finding something that could be called "open platform". Did you look into x86 network appliances? Something like these (other embedded vendors have similar offerings):
http://emea.kontron.com/products/systems+and+platforms/communication+rackmount+servers/ip+network+servers/ip+network+server+nsw1u.html
http://www.msi.com/product/server/#/?sk=Security%20Board
http://www.ibase.com.tw/2009/fwa8207.html
http://www.nexcom.com/Products/network-and-communication-solutions/mainstream-appliance/mainstream-appliance/communication-appliance-nsa-5130

Ha, I have a very nice P4 server board that has *ISA* slots. Mine has an AGP slot, but the standard version only has ISA and PCI.

http://www.ibase.com.tw/mb800.htm

Overall I've had the best longevity with Tyan and SuperMicro/AOpen. Better than average performance in their classes, too.

A while back I got an iBase industrial mobo (a P4 with ISA slots! http://www.ibase.com.tw/mb800.htm) and so far I love it -- tho time will tell if it's as durable as my Tyans. My oldest working Tyan is from about 1996, and I've never had one die, and have never seen one that was "made on the cheap".

Why don't we try *are* available instead? On an RoHS-compliant Pentium 4 board at that.

stats and here and here

Looks like they want "62,800"yen or about $550 for it... think I'll hold off for a bit. :)

The 90nm CPUs are not commercially available and Orion gave some LINPACK results. Here are some results from a Japanese article about the 130nm Efficeon.

I hope these boards will be available soon. And hopefully also with 90nm Efficeon.

Yes.

You mean like this ?